“I’ve spent all of my time from 18-35 years old looking after people. That’s why I go to work - to look after people”
Steve - Junior Doctor
From blood and boats to exams and entry requirements, our January addition of the InSight webinar series took a look at careers in Medicine.
About the InSight series
At CoachBright, we launched our InSight webinar series to help pupils to find out more about potential careers, routes and pathways into certain fields and hear from those currently in a variety of roles across the country.
In the midst of the pandemic, we believe that it’s even more important for pupils to get well-rounded and detailed careers advice so that they can make informed decisions about their future in what is otherwise a very uncertain time.
While pupils aren’t able to attend careers events and visit workplaces, we aim to bring the workplace to them. We’ve embarked on a mission to cover as many careers as possible through engaging webinars with people passionate about sharing their experiences.
Our first webinar kicked-off the series in December 2020 with ‘InSight into the Civil Service’, with other instalments this year due to include journalism, law, teaching, nursing, paramedicine, dentistry, tech and engineering.
Edition 2 - InSight into Medicine
In our second edition, we explored Medicine with Steve and Amber who are both currently working in hospitals in the West Midlands during the pandemic.
Steve gave us a breakdown of what a night in the life of a junior doctor looks like as well as an unconventional route into medicine after getting B,C,C at A-level.
Amber talked us through some common ups and downs of working as a doctor, whilst giving us some ideas of where people can take their career. Highlights included working as the solo doctor on a ship in Antarctica and medicine in the Honduran rainforest.
“There’s a real scope to do whatever you want with medicine, that’s one of the things that is so good about it - everyone in the world needs a doctor” - Amber
Both doctors give a detailed and honest account of what studying medicine and working as a doctor is like. The webinar covers topics including pay, holidays, what to expect on a shift, exams to be taken, patients you might see and what it’s like sleeping during the day.
If you’re considering a career in medicine (at any point) - we’d highly recommend a watch!
LINK to webinar here
Watched and still have questions?
We’re keen to answer as many questions as possible to help you find out the things you want to know.
If you have anything that you’d like to ask Steve or anyone in medicine, please follow the link below to submit it to us and we’ll get an answer to you asap!
Links to other editions of the InSight series
Here’s a list of all of our editions so far, and the links to access the webinar recordings:
Civil service